Red Sox free agents: Keep or let go?

The Red Sox made signing David Ortiz a priority, agreeing to a two-year, $26 million deal with the slugger. The other six Red Sox free agents are on the open market. This is your chance to weigh in on each of them. Should management make these players offers or let them walk? Take a look through to see who is up and share what you think.
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The Boston Globe

At $3 million, Cody Ross was a relative bargain for the Red Sox in 2012. He excelled in both the outfield and at the plate, hitting .267 with 22 home runs. The 31-year-old has the righthanded power that would make him attractive to many contenders. He said he would be interested in returning to Boston, where fans appreciated his “Dirt Dog” style of play, but he also has family on the West Coast.
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AP

Aaron Cook was once a promising option for the middle of the rotation, but in his one-year deal with the Red Sox he was not able to move past the injuries and high ERA that plagued him in his final years with Colorado. Cook mustered just 4 wins and 94 innings pitched for the Red Sox on his $1.5 million one-year deal.
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James Loney arrived in Boston just as the team raised the white flag on the season, dumping star players with hefty contracts on the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his 30 games with the Red Sox he hit .230, just slightly worse than his National League average. But he’s a career .280 hitter who averages 80 RBI a season. Could he bounce back?
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The Boston Globe

Daisuke Matsuzaka. What can be said about Dice-K that hasn’t been said before? The Red Sox paid $50 million for negotiation rights, and another $51 million for a six-year deal. He was an 18-game winner in 2008, but won only 17 more games in a Red Sox uniform.
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For their $1.5 million one-year deal with veteran pitcher Vicente Padilla, the Red Sox got 50 relief innings, 51 strikeouts, and a 4.50 ERA. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about Padilla is his feud with Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira. Teixeira says Padilla throws at batters, Padilla says Teixeira should have played a “woman’s sport.”
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AP

Veteran Scott Podsednik played in 63 games for the Red Sox in 2012 filling in for an injury riddled outfield. Boston traded him to the Diamondbacks on July 31, but Arizona released him the next day when he refused to go to the minor leagues; the Red Sox took him back on Aug. 9. He hit .302 for Boston and stole eight bases—a dropoff from his 70 steals in 2004.
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